Sanitary paper holder



hay 15, A1935. T. c. FowLER 2,008,639

n SANITARY PAPER HOLDER r Filed May 26,- 1954 Patente-d July 16, 1935 y Thomas charles Fowler, Mount Albo-rt, Auokiana, .Y y New Zealand v I Appuoation'May ze, 1934, serial No. 727,822; In New 'Zealand June A2, 41933 3 relai-ms. l(o1. 24a-55.25

v The invention relates to holders for -rolls vof sanitary or toilet paper in which the rolls are mounted so that sections of paper can be de tachedV by tearing as' required.

' The object ofthe invention is to provide for the aforesaid purpose, an improved form of holder from which a roll of paper after having once been' properly moun'tedf'and secured therein, cannot be removed except by the customary method of tearing or detaching the paper onesection or piece at a time, while each of the latter is oi' the same and a predetermined length.

According to the invention the improved holder comprises a hollow flat-sided core pivoted between bracketsV or lugs, by means of removable pins normally retained in the core by locking means, access to which is prevented by a roll of paper placed on said core.

In order that the invention may be clearly understoodea holder or device constructed in accordance therewith will be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which:-

Figure l is a view in perspective of a holder with a roll of paper thereon Figure 2 a front view of the holder with the paper removed Y Figure 3 a rear view of the core Figure 4 a cross sectional view of the latter on the line 4--4 Figure 5 a view of one of the core pivot pins Figure 6 a view of the locking spring and Figure 7 an illustration of a blank from which a core can be formed.

ln producing the holder in a form suitable for use there is provided a back plate I from which extend a pair of spaced brackets or lugs 2, the back plate I being provided with holes or slots 3, through which it can be secured to a wall or other -fixture by screws or other suitable astenings,

while the brackets or lugs 2 contain holes 4 to enable a core 5 adapted to be inserted in a roll I2 of paper, to be pivotally mounted between` them.

The core 5 is formed preferably from a piece of sheet metal shaped as illustrated in Figure 7,

with a slot 6 at the centre of one end and containing an opening 'I near its other end, said opening being disposed midway between the long edges of the piece of sheet metal.

The metal blank thus produced is utilized to obtain a hollow flat sided coreby first rolling the edge portions 8 at each side of the slot 6 and then doubling the blank on the line 9.

Just before bringing the rolled edge portions 8 right down onto the central portion of the metal blank, a wire spring II formed as shown in Figure 6 is placed between the doubled ,por-V tions sothat the smaller end-of the spring islo- 'cated the slot y6 between the rolled vedge por-'- tions 6 with the upturne'd."crossV member IIa, of said spr-ing located .between the inturned @rolled edge of the'blank and the line Ill, so :thatupon the blank being ldoubled or bentV onthe ,las'tmention'e'd line and brought over the Yalready inturned portion, the opening I will expose and give access lto the smaller end of the spring Il now housed and held with its coils and outwardly flared legs, between the first inturned portion of the blank and the: centre portion thereof said coils being clear of the rolled edge portions 8 as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 3.

if need be, secured together by soldering or other means.

The core 5 is inserted in the centre of a roll I2 of paper and is pivotally mounted between the brackets or lugs 2 by pins I3 provided with heads I3a and containing circular grooves I4 near their pointed ends, said pins I3 being passed through the holes 4 in the brackets or lugs 2 into the rolled edge portions 8 of the core 5 until the side members of the small end of the spring Il Ysnap into the circular grooves I4 and lock said pins I3 against withdrawal, while the heads I3@ on the latter prevent the brackets or lugs 2 from being spread to allow the outer ends of the pins I3 to be disengaged therefrom. o

By reason of the location of the rolled edge portions 8 nearer to the top of ther core 5 than to the bottom thereof, the greater portion of the weight of the core and the roll I2 thereon is below the pins I3, with the result that the core 5 normally hangs vertically with the free end of the roll of paper hanging from the fro-nt of the roll.

A stop I5 projecting from the lower edge of the core 5 at one end thereof by engaging the lower and upper edges of the adjacent bracket or lug 2 limits turning movement of the core 5 and roll I2 in the brackets or lugs 2 to approximately three quarters of a circle.

In order to detach or tear off a section or piece of paper from the roll I2, the free end of the latter hanging down the front of the device is gripped and pulled downwards, which action results in the roll and core turning between the brackets or lugs 2 until the stop I5 strikes the lower edge of the adjacent bracket or lug, with the result that the paper gripped is detached or torn from the roll I2 along a line of perforations somewhere across the upper portion of the' roll.

y l5 The doubled or bent portions of the blank are,

The core 5 and roll I2 then return to the former or normal position by gravity, while the new free edge of the paper drops down between the roll and the plate I to hang down the front of the device in readiness for the next operation.

As will be seen from the description and illustrations of the device, once a roll of paper has been properly mounted in the holder, the opening 'I which gives access to the spring II is covered and the latter cannot be got at to unlock the pins I3 so that they may be withdrawn until such time as the whole of the paper and the hollow cardboard or similar core usually supplied therewith have been removed, following which it is a simple matter to operate the spring I I by applying pressure to the cross connecting member II a for the purpose of disengaging the side members of the small end of said spring from lthe grooves I4 in the pins I3 and so permit the latter to be withdrawn and the core 5 removed to enable a fresh roll to be mounted and locked in the holder.

As the pins I3 are provided with heads I3a, the brackets or lugs 2 cannot be forced apart 01T the pins I3, so that there is no way of removing the roll from the holder, except by detaching or tearing 01T the paper section by section, and as the latter are `each of a vpredetermined length according to the spacing of theA perforations,

theft of rolls is prevented, and extravagant use of paper is discouraged.

What I do claim and desire to obtain by Letters Patent of the United States of America is:-

1. A holder for sanitary or toilet paper comprising a pair of spaced supporting brackets, a hollow flat-sided paper receiving core, a pair of headed pins grooved at their outer ends and slidably mounted in said brackets and housed within the core to pivotally mount the core eccentrioally of the brackets, and locking means in the form of a spring member housed within the core and engaging the grooves in the pins to prevent accidental displacement of the pins and having a portion accessible when the core is empty to facilitate the removal of the spring member from engagement with the pins.

2. A holder as claimed in claim l, wherein the core` is formed from a rectangular blank of sheet metal provided with apertures which register with each other when the core is folded and which receive the projecting portion of the spring member.

3. A holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein a stop is xed to one end of the core and is adapted to prevent complete rotation of the core in the brackets.

THOMAS CHARLES FOWLER. 

